Yumi recently visited Silver Springs, a nature park in Florida which is famous for its glass bottom boats and manatees. Did you know manatees may have been mistaken for mermaids? Yumi then shares some stories about Japanese mermaids.

KEY VOCABULARY:

州立公園(しゅうりつこうえん)　state park

被害(ひがい)  damage; injury; harm

諦(あきら)める give up; abandon

水(みず)湧(わ)く spring out; gush out

水族館(すいぞくかん) aquarium

癒(いや)す heal

第一印象(だいいちいんしょう)  first impression

好奇心旺盛(こうきしんおうせい) full of curiosity; full of inquisitiveness 好奇  心(curiosity; inquisitiveness)  旺盛(vigorous; exuberant)　　

人魚(にんぎょ) mermaid

暗(くら)がり darkness

上半身(じょうはんしん) upper body

見世物小屋(みせものごや) show tent; circus tent; freak show 見世物(spectacle; exhibition; show) 小屋(hut)

購入(こうにゅう)する purchase

随分(ずいぶん) a lot; considerably; fairly

不老長寿(ふろうちょうじゅ)  immortality 不老 (no aging) 長寿(longevity)

子宝(こだから)  fertility

恵(めぐ)まれる to be gifted; to be blessed

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